DRINK IT IN, 100T FANS! WE’RE GOING TO WORLDS!

A lot of doubters are having to answer for their predictions, because 100T locked in Worlds qualification and will be headed to China. The dads celebrate and bask in the Worlds glory, then discuss why upon reflection the series was not as close as it seemed. There were undoubtedly some other surprises from this weekend, and Cole and Jordan debate which of those surprises might be more permanent and meaningful than others. Predictions for the TL series follow, and then listener takes as always.

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0:00:00 - Intro

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100T is back in a big way and bound for Berlin. After an excellent tournament run, the Thieves have secured the second NA seed and will see their first international tournament soon. In this Fast Peek, Jordan and Cole contextualize what it means for the org and 100T fans to get to this point, plus talk about what’s different now that Ethan has more time with the team and after the lessons learned through failure to qualify for Berlin. Plus, as 100T plays little brother to Sentinels, the dads talk about the birth of a positive rivalry that offers the Thieves a chance to solidify their significance in worldwide Valorant play.

Let’s Fast Peek Last Week!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:23 - Fast Peek: Berlin secured

0:04:25 - Fast Peek: Progress check - Ethan

0:07:25 - Fast Peek: Comp experimentation

0:10:10 - Fast Peek: Progress against Sentinels?

0:12:57 - Slow Peek: Relationship w/ Sentinels and the Hopes of NA

0:25:36 - Incendiary: Sentinels’ mental edge over 100T

0:31:48 - Outro

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An extra week of preparation for 100T will come in handy as the squad gets ready to begin their playoff run against EG. While the LCS community seems to already have come to a conclusion about this series, the 100Talk dads get together and break down the finer points to suss out where they fall on predictions. They talk about what the EG vs DIG series taught us and how draft strategy is going to be a big factor, plus weigh in on the lane matchups and ultimately make their predictions for what COULD be the series that sends the 2021 Thieves to Worlds.

Gather round, 100Kids. It’s time.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:49 - EG vs DIG

0:12:33 - Recent form

0:16:24 - Positional matchups

0:42:22 - Strategic matchup and preparation

0:52:10 - Series prediction

1:01:15 - All LCS reaction

1:09:26 - Listener takes

1:23:02 - Outro

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